Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google’s AI Image Generator

Google’s latest image model, Nano Banana 2, is a powerful AI photo editor that punctures reality. Well, sometimes.

How to use AI response patterns to build better content

LLM answers vary widely. Here’s how to extract repeatable structural, conceptual, and entity patterns to inform optimization ...
PBS

Trump's use of AI images further erodes public trust, experts say

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration has not shied away from sharing AI-generated imagery online, embracing cartoonlike visuals and memes and promoting them on official White House channels.
Medical Xpress

Smartphone-based interventions show promise for reducing alcohol and cannabis use

Young adults today are digital natives—naturally fluent with devices and online platforms—so some of their most effective behavioral-health interventions will likely arrive in their pockets via text, ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic cracks down on unauthorized Claude usage by third-party harnesses and rivals

Anthropic has confirmed the implementation of strict new technical safeguards preventing third-party applications from spoofing its official coding client, Claude Code, in order to access the ...
Wired

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X

This story contains descriptions of explicit sexual content and sexual violence. Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has drawn outrage and calls for investigation after being used to flood X with “undressed” ...
Game Rant

Kayak and Surf Codes

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’

AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI continues on its ‘code red’ warpath with new image generation model

OpenAI is rolling out a new version of ChatGPT Images that promises better instruction-following, more precise editing, and up to 4x faster image generation speeds. The new model, dubbed GPT Image 1.5 ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...
The Verge

OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race

Google’s own ‘code red’ response to ChatGPT has started paying off. Google’s own ‘code red’ response to ChatGPT has started paying off. is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI ...